Gov. Paul LePage likes to talk about personal responsibility, but his proposal to gut MaineCare, the state’s health care safety net, is irresponsible, through and through.

Americans may have many fantasies about movie stars and musicians, but when they ponder potential presidents, sex is generally the last thing on their minds.

On Dec. 7, 1941, in the infamous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese naval aircraft sunk the battleship USS Arizona, killing 1,177 of its crew while they were preparing for a quiet Sunday morning.

Domestic-violence homicide remain’s Maine’s deadliest crime, accounting for about half of the state’s murders every year.

Sometimes it takes time for our nation’s laws to catch up with technology.

The vampires took the lead in pulling in moviegoers over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but far more money was made by studios catering to families, according to box office receipts.

Years after leaving the White House, Bill Clinton admitted that he missed his old job. “If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have left, but this is a democracy,” he said.

The Maine Legislature fought for years against the establishment of charter schools, a reform with a long track record in most other states.

Boston is the birthplace of the American Revolution. Along with neighboring Cambridge, it is home to some of the nation’s leading research universities and teaching hospitals. It’s where the Red Sox play their home games.

The Roman Catholic Church and its affiliated nonprofit organizations have every right to hold true to its religious convictions while doing good works. But when a nonprofit organizations, religious or not, is carrying out the government’s work with government money, it must to do so on the government’s terms.